Court limits recovery.
The Connecticut Supreme Court has determined that when a bystander's emotional distress is the result of witnessing the bodily injury of a third party, the only available recovery would be under the third party's per-person bodily injury limits as defined in the insurance policy.
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The original case, Galgano vs. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Co., involved a father and son who were both injured when an uninsured driver struck their motorcycle.
The father claimed he suffered emotional distress from witnessing his son being injured and attempted to claim benefits for emotional distress under his uninsured motorist coverage. The insurer denied the father's claims because the policy limit had already been paid to the son for the injuries he sustained.
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